Having the country's highest possible inheritance tax rate once branded Nebraska as a state not to die in by Forbes magazine.
Relying on smokers to pay your taxes for you is about as bad of an idea for the budget as taking up smoking is for your health.
Research shows cigarette tax increases don't provide stable revenue or stop many from smoking.
The Platte Institute supports measures to limit property taxes through local spending restraint.
The Ralston Arena may have put the small city on the map for all the wrong reasons.
Unkept promises with the operation of a public golf course in one Nebraska city tell quite a story about the proper role of government and private enterprise.
Nebraska has the dubious honor of being named by Forbes as a place “not to die." This warning has not gone unheeded by Nebraska retirees, with adults ages 55 and older moving out of the state more rapidly than any group other than young college graduates.